Chicken exports in July slipped 24.7 percent in quantity and 38.2 percent in value when compared with a year earlier. Chicken exports for July 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports in the Month of July
Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts  309,440 229,504 -25.8 375.30 221.19 -41.1
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  7,731  6,939  -10.2  26.40  24.19  -8.4
Whole Chickens  4,477  5,856  30.8  5.72  6.60  15.4
Total  321,648  242,299  -24.7  407.42  251.98  -38.2

Chicken parts exports in July 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports for the Month of July
Destination Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico 62,817 60,488  -3.7 58.46  45.39 -22.4
Canada 11,439  14,627  27.9  37.30  38.35  2.8
Hong Kong  30,105 13,752  -54.3  45.50  17.91  -60.6
Angola  17,968 10,442 -41.9  20.22  7.76  -61.6
Taiwan  11,140  8,442   -24.2  13.13  6.34  -51.7
Guatemala  6,847  7,362 7.5  7.68  6.09  -20.7
Kazakhstan  4,092  7,182 75.5  4.16  3.61  -13.2
Turkey  1,092  7,028  543.6  1.01  5.62  456.4
Philippines  6,115  6,608 8.1  5.86  4.96  -15.4
Georgia  7,414  6,441  -13.1  7.77  6.07  -21.9
Iraq  2,330  5,822  149.9  2.68  4.80  79.1
Vietnam  7,622  5,289  -30.6  7.97  4.33  -45.7
Haiti  4,067  5,233  28.7  4.22  3.68  -12.8
Cuba  16,918  4,738  -72.0  17.17  3.34  -80.5
Congo (Brazzaville)  2,325  4,200  80.6  2.55  2.55  0.0
Top 15 Markets  192,291  167,654  -12.8  235.68  160.80  -31.8
Other Countries  117,149  61,850  -47.2  139.62  60.39  -56.7
Grand Total  309,440 229,504  -25.8  375.30 221.19  -41.1

Chicken exports for January-July 2014 and January-July 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Exports During January-July
Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
– metric tons – – percent – – million dollars – – percent –
Chicken Parts 2,070,900 1,817,169  -12.3 2,442.03 1,925.32 -21.2
Prepared Chicken & Sausages  57,456 52,900  -7.9  194.01  188.48  -2.9
Whole Chickens  32,395  40,070  23.7  39.90  51.03  27.9
Total  2,160,751  1,910,139 -11.6  2,675.94  2,164.83  -19.1

Chicken parts exports during January-July 2014 and January-July 2015 were as follows:

U.S. Chicken Parts Exports During January-July
Destination Quantity Value
2014 2015 Change 2014 2015 Change
— metric tons — — percent — — million dollars — — percent —
Mexico  405,842  382,936  -5.6 399.12 338.00  -15.3
Hong  Kong  177,794  194,091  9.2  268.60  271.43  1.1
Taiwan  82,899  115,318  39.1  94.25  115.49  22.5
Canada  69,742  87,591  25.6  209.69  240.66 14.8
Angola  113,154  77,863  -31.2  117.95  67.07 -43.1
Cuba  87,210  75,814  -13.1  88.74  63.28 -28.7
Guatemala  44,921  54,052  20.3  48.33  51.89 6.3
Vietnam  34,182  53,786  57.4  36.99  54.28 46.7
Georgia  52,211  52,804  1.1  48.34  43.72 -9.6
Iraq  53,534  44,042  -17.7  52.87  34.38 -35.0
United Arab Emirates  35,954  42,741  18.9  36.00  32.37 -10.1
Philippines  47,236  39,871  -15.6  42.44  33.36 -21.4
Haiti  27,927  37,249  33.4  30.99  32.31 4.3
Kazakhstan  16,497  29,073  76.2  15.97  20.12 26.0
Chile  21,605  28,669  32.7  27.24  26.07 -4.3
Top 15 Markets  1,270,708  1,315,900  3.6  1,518.02  1,424.43 -6.2
Other Countries  800,093  501,269  -37.3  924.01  500.89  -45.8
Grand Total  2,070,801 1,817,169  -12.3 2,442.03  1,925.32 -21.2